

The anime adaptation has Diavolo visualize a ghostly red image of his foe's next move instead.ĭiavolo is unable to attack, or interact with anything, while King Crimson's time erasure is active, as the time frame of his own actions would cease to exist as well. In the manga, Diavolo sees the erased time as a void filled with juxtapositions of what would have happened during this period in a fashion akin to Nude Descending a Staircase, allowing him to think out the next best action (for instance, when Bruno Bucciarati tried to punch Diavolo during the erased time, Diavolo saw Bucciarati's superimposed positions during his punch). On the other hand, Diavolo remains fully conscious during the erased time and only he can re-adjust his actions. There is, however, one instance where a person was able to see their double before finding themselves in their future position. After the allotted time frame, they will suddenly find themselves in the situation they were supposed to be afterwards. In the erased time frame, other people will be unable to experience anything that happened and will retain no memories of it either. King Crimson's signature ability is to erase a given frame of time lasting up to 10 seconds, starting from the instant the ability is activated. Much like other Close-Range Stands, its weaknesses are poor effective range (about 2–3 meters ) and permanence, making it difficult for its User to hide their identity against multiple foes. Its feats of strength and speed are comparable to Star Platinum and The World. It also managed to destroy a large wall with a single punch. Other examples include completely obliterating a fortune teller's upper body in a single punch and throwing a pair of scissors with such strength that they completely severed Risotto Nero's right foot, among multiple other occasions where it effortlessly severed limbs. It is able to punch through people's bodies or cleave them in a single chop with significant ease. King Crimson is a powerful Close-Range Stand that primarily uses swift single attacks that are almost always fatal. Both physically strong and possessing the ability to erase time and predict the future, King Crimson is described as invincible against all other Stands whose powers do not affect time. King Crimson is one of the most impressive Stands featured in the series. Its design is inspired by the character George/Kuato, from the 1990 science fiction film Total Recall, a mutated human with a smaller twin brother conjoined in his belly. Epitaph presents itself as a bump on the forehead featuring eyes and a mouth constantly grinding its teeth, often mimicking King Crimson's current mood. The aforementioned second face on King Crimson's forehead is named Epitaph, and is sometimes duplicated in the same position on Doppio's forehead. It constantly bares its teeth through a small mouth. In earlier depictions, there were two raised levels. Its crown is flat and from its forehead emerges a raised level that bears a smaller, oval face of the same expression.

Its eyes comprise sharp orifices of a steep inward slant from which emerge small, round eyes without sclera, with pronounced eye sockets that have the same fragmented pupils that Diavolo himself has. Its body is covered by a raised diagonal grid save for its face, neck, shoulder guards, elbows, hands, abdomen, crotch, knees and feet. King Crimson is a humanoid Stand of a height and build similar to Diavolo's, but tends to look much bigger and taller.
